Um, I went this year as Cecil Adams, who last I checked is still writing his weekly column.
As far as I know, the only people to come to Dope-a-Weenas decidedly dead people were Weirddave as Jesus and Bluesman as that guy from “I Dream of Jeannie”, who is now dead as far as I can remember.
Gobear came as a dead thing, but not an identifiable dead person.
SpaceGhostofArrakis…
You do realize landover is pure satire don’t you?
Well, I did dress up as the dead today. Guess I’m going to Hell. grabs a package of hot dogs Who’s bringing the marshmallows? (Or does it get counteracted by attending church?)
This article from a website featuring information about many faiths, not all of them Christian, was sent to me by my priest last year: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/47/story_4771_1.html
It has a historical background to Hallowe’en, including the fact that it used to be celebrated in May, before some pope or another moved it to Oct. 31st.
StG
Moderator’s Notes: I’ve deleted a post from SavedbyJesus from this thread. It was simply inappropriate to this forum. As you all know witnessing and proselytizing belong in GD only.
Call her out, ladybug.
Make sure she doesn’t put up a Christmas tree, or holly. Or have anything to do with eggs and bunnies at Easter.
Remind her that she won’t be taken seriously as a zealot until she goes the distance and gets rid of ALL pagan-inspired holiday trappings.
My friends, we’ve been had. Not only that, we may even have been the victims of a Halloween prank perpetrated by some of the Mods as detop pointed out over in The Pit. Beerman must have missed that meeting. 